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Tonight, the finishing touches are being put on the section of this letter that has to do with practical teaching and commands for daily living. But before closing the door on that section and moving on, it's important to zoom out and see the wider picture.
Otherwise it’s so easy to take those commands for godly living out of context. And when they’re taken out of context they have a way of becoming burdensome pretty quickly.
Be honest now. Remember the word of God spoken to you a few weeks ago from chapter 3. Do not lie to one another. (3:9) and don’t lie to yourself. It’s ok. You can admit it, you find some of the commands here in Colossians to be burdensome. They don’t all come easily. you want to rebel against some of them. Some of them you may want to do but can’t seem to find the strength to actually do them. … Ask me how I know.
People need more than pure authority, more than baseless dictates. The functional, if not explicit motto of the average man is “It’s my life, I’ll do what I want.”
And that’s just it, people do what they want. You are ruled by your desires. Insincere obedience, never lasts. Just look at all these governors and their dictates. It’s a recipe for lawlessness. The people won’t comply, at least not for long. It’s sad to watch. That’s why the church reminds you every week that the Lord loves a cheerful giver. Someone who gives out of compulsion or guilt is just going to end up disillusioned and bitter. It’s no different when your king tells you, you must forgive one another. If your hearts not in it, you’re going to end up disillusioned and bitter. and its going to be a sad sight to see.
Your heart must be motivated to obedience. Self manufactured will-power is the worst, most ineffectual, shortest lasting fuel for godly living. That’s like putting diesel in a Tesla. The results aren’t going to get you far. And you’re going to ruin a beautiful creation.
That’s why when God commands right living, he also supplies the proper fuel so you can do it joyfully and endure hardships along the way. The Lord desires you to be happy in your faithfulness. And He Himself is more than happy to give your heart reasons to rejoice and obey. They are the context of God’s story and your part in it. And Paul is determined that you know and understand that context and not separate your goals for godly living from it.
He is sure that knowing and understanding the context of your lives within God's story will powerfully cause you to grow and produce Godly, glorious, joyful living. Hence the title of tonight’s sermon: The Truth Sets You Free
Paul is so concerned for the church, that you would know the will of God and knowing him, have strength and security. Look back through this letter and see the importance of knowing and understanding God’s will (that is to say, who God is, what he does and why he does it.)
That's what he's talking about when he says know the will of God, not whether or not you should live in this city or another or whether you should major in mechanical engineering or philosophy. It's about knowing the character of God.
He starts off by giving thanks to God for the fruit that is accompanying the gospel throughout the world.
“as it is also among you” he writes, “since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth” knowing the grace of God in truth sets you free to grow great big tasty fruit.
Chapter 1, verse 9: for this reason we also since the day we heard it do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understan...
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Tonight, the finishing touches are being put on the section of this letter that has to do with practical teaching and commands for daily living. But before closing the door on that section and moving on, it's important to zoom out and see the wider picture.
Otherwise it’s so easy to take those commands for godly living out of context. And when they’re taken out of context they have a way of becoming burdensome pretty quickly.
Be honest now. Remember the word of God spoken to you a few weeks ago from chapter 3. Do not lie to one another. (3:9) and don’t lie to yourself. It’s ok. You can admit it, you find some of the commands here in Colossians to be burdensome. They don’t all come easily. you want to rebel against some of them. Some of them you may want to do but can’t seem to find the strength to actually do them. … Ask me how I know.
People need more than pure authority, more than baseless dictates. The functional, if not explicit motto of the average man is “It’s my life, I’ll do what I want.”
And that’s just it, people do what they want. You are ruled by your desires. Insincere obedience, never lasts. Just look at all these governors and their dictates. It’s a recipe for lawlessness. The people won’t comply, at least not for long. It’s sad to watch. That’s why the church reminds you every week that the Lord loves a cheerful giver. Someone who gives out of compulsion or guilt is just going to end up disillusioned and bitter. It’s no different when your king tells you, you must forgive one another. If your hearts not in it, you’re going to end up disillusioned and bitter. and its going to be a sad sight to see.
Your heart must be motivated to obedience. Self manufactured will-power is the worst, most ineffectual, shortest lasting fuel for godly living. That’s like putting diesel in a Tesla. The results aren’t going to get you far. And you’re going to ruin a beautiful creation.
That’s why when God commands right living, he also supplies the proper fuel so you can do it joyfully and endure hardships along the way. The Lord desires you to be happy in your faithfulness. And He Himself is more than happy to give your heart reasons to rejoice and obey. They are the context of God’s story and your part in it. And Paul is determined that you know and understand that context and not separate your goals for godly living from it.
He is sure that knowing and understanding the context of your lives within God's story will powerfully cause you to grow and produce Godly, glorious, joyful living. Hence the title of tonight’s sermon: The Truth Sets You Free
Paul is so concerned for the church, that you would know the will of God and knowing him, have strength and security. Look back through this letter and see the importance of knowing and understanding God’s will (that is to say, who God is, what he does and why he does it.)
That's what he's talking about when he says know the will of God, not whether or not you should live in this city or another or whether you should major in mechanical engineering or philosophy. It's about knowing the character of God.
He starts off by giving thanks to God for the fruit that is accompanying the gospel throughout the world.
“as it is also among you” he writes, “since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth” knowing the grace of God in truth sets you free to grow great big tasty fruit.
Chapter 1, verse 9: for this reason we also since the day we heard it do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understan...